Hair curler



Patented Aug. '10, 1937 UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE The presentinvention relates to hair curlers of the type comprising acylindricalbody around which aiock of hair may be wound in order to curl or wavethe hair.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a hair curlercomprising a cylindrical body having a slotted end to receive the end ofa lock of hair to support the said end in order that the lock of hairmay be wound around the curler body. In orderthat the curler may beremoved from the hair after a lock has been wound around the same, thecylindrical body is formed in the nature of. a tube, or in other words,the cylindrical body is hollow so that after the hair has been woundaround the curler one prong of a hairpin may be inserted into thecylindrical body while the other prong engages the outside of the rollof- Thus when the curler is slipped from the roll of hair the hairpinwill hold the hair in a rolled condition; The particular type of hairpinemployed is preferably of the type commonly known as a bobby pin inwhich the two prongs are united by a spring portion which resilientlyholds the two prongs normally in engagement with each other. When theroll of hair which has previously been wound around the curler is I*removed from the curler 'body the hair pin acts to maintain the hair ina rolled condition and permits the same curler to be used to curlanother .3 lock of hair so that any number of curls may be formed by thesame curler.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a hair curlerwhich may be used to provide curls or waves-of difierent sizes. To thisend 35 the curler is provided with two tubular portions of gerentdiameters and-each tubular portion 11 s a'slot in the end thereofwhereby the end of a strand of hair may be inserted therein andsupported while the remainder of the lock of hair is wound around thecurler. Whe1'1 one tubular portion is'being employed the other tubularportion functions asa handle and provides a convenient means forrotating the curler to wind the hair around the same and byalternatively using 5 the different tubular portions the hair is formedinto rolls of different diameters with the result that difierent sizedwaves or curls may be formed.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a curler withtubular ends of different 50 diameters which may be inexpensivelymanufactured. To accomplish this object the invention forms the curlerof two identical halves or sections which may be stamped from a metalblank ,5 and provides means for alining and holding said halves in amanner whereby there is little danger of hairs becoming snagged on theassembled parts of the curler. The means for holding the halves orsections together is illustrated in two forms,

in one form the means comprising a tubular element which is sleeved onthe assembled halves of 5 the curler, the tubular element being formedfrom a metal blank by a drawing operation, and in the othen form themeans comprises a tubular element which is stamped from a metal blankand rolled into tubular form. 10

With the above and other ends in view the invention is more fullydisclosed with reference to the accompanying drawing in which- Figs. 1and 2 are elevations of the curler;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the 15 line33ofFig,1;

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections taken respectively on lines 44, and 5-5 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a section of the curler with the securing means removed; 20

Fig. 7 is a section of the securing means;

Fig. 8 is an elevation of a modified securing means; I

Fig. 9 is a section taken on the line, 99 of Fig. 8, and

Fig. 10 is an end view of the modified securing means.

Like characters of reference are employed throughout to designatecorresponding parts.

The present curler comprises a substantially cylindrical body having theend portions generally designated I and 2, the end portion I being 1larger in diameter than the portionZ. The cylindrical body is formed oftwo semi-cylindrical halves 3 and 4 with a shoulder 5 between the twoend portions l and 2. The edges of the sections .3 and 4 are recessed at6 and 1 so that when the two halves are assembled together asillustrated in Fig. 6 the recesses 6 forma. slot 8 entering through oneend of the body of the curler arid extending a substantial distance intothe end portion I and the two recesses I form a slot 9 opening throughthe end of the portion 2 and extending a substantial distance into thesame. Shoulders 10 are formed at the ends of the recesses '6 andshoulders I I are formed at the ends of the recesses 1, the shoulders l0and II being spaced on opposite sides of the shoulders 5. The recesses 6and l are formed at their ends whereby each slot 8 and 9 has an enlargedmouth 12.

In order to secure the two halves together after they have beenassembled as illustrated in Fig. 6, the invention provides a tubularbody I3 having a shoulder [4 intermediate its ends and adapted forengagement with the shoulder 5 when the erably formed by a drawingoperation and has a small diameterportion l adapted to fit snug- 5 1yover the end portion 2 and a large diameter portion l6 adapted to fitover the end portion 3.-

Diametrlcally extending across the opening in the end of the smalldiameter portion I5 is a web 9'8 and at the otherend of the element l3are provided two diametrically opposite prongs l8.

When the element i3 is slipped over the end portion 2 of the curler theweb I! extends into the slots 9 and at the time the shoulder it engagesthe shoulders 5 the web portion I! will contact with the shoulders il.When the element I3 is thus positioned the prongs l8 are'bent inwardlyso that they extend through the slots B and into engagement with theshoulders H. The element i3 is thus held against movement with respectto the halves 3 and ti and the halves are held against movement withrespect to one another.

In the form shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 the element l9 which is adaptedto hold the two halves of a curler together in the manner abovedescribed, is formed by stamping a properly shaped piece of metal from asheet metal blank and then rolling it into cylindrical form as shown.The

element It has a shoulder 20 intermediate its ends and prongs 2i and 22at opposite ends respectively which are adapted to be bent into slotssuch as described above at 8 and 9 respectively.

In using the present curler the end of a lock of hair is slipped intothe slot 8 while the curler is held by the end portion 2. The curler isthen revolved a couple of times in order to provide a couple of turns ofhair around the same and is then pulled so as to tighten the turns ofhair and then the remainder of the lock of hair is wound around theportion 8. When the lock of hair has been completely wound around theportion I a bobby pin has one prong inserted within the portion 9 andthe other prong extended over the outside of the roll of hair. Thecurler is "then pulled lengthwise from the roll of hair and the hobbypin functions to hold the roll against unwinding. Due to the fact thatthe portion 2 is of smaller diameter than the portion I repeating thesame operation by winding the lock of hair around portion 2 will resultin a roll of .hair being formed which is smaller in diameter than theone formed on the portion l, and therefore a difierent sized wave orroll will result.

Although specific embodiments of the invention have been illustrated anddescribed it will be understood that various changes may be made withinthe scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit ofthe invention and such changes are contemplated.

What I claim is:-

1. A hair curler comprising a hollow body having tubular ends formed oftwo different diameters united by an integral portion forming a shoulderintermediate the ends thereof, said body being formed of twosubstantially semi-cylindrical halves, said halves having complementalrecesses forming a slot entering 'the larger diameter end of said body,and means for securing said halves together, said means comprising atubular element received on the smaller diameter end of said body andhaving an internal shoulder engaging the shoulder on said body, andmeans on said tubular element received in said complemental recesses andengaging the ends of the slots formed thereby forretaining said tubularelement on said body whereby it holds said halves together.

2. A hair curler comprising a tubular body formed of two substantiallysemi-cylindrical halves, said halves having complemental recesses ateach end forming slots, in each end of said body, said slots terminatingat points in the length of said body spaced from the center of said bodywhereby to form opposed shoulders, a tubular element received on saidbody, and means on opposite ends of said tubular element engagingrespective shoulders to retain saidtubular element on said body wherebyit holds said halves together;

3. A hair curlercomprising a tubular body formed of two substantiallysemi-cylindrical halves, said halves having complemented recesses ateach end forming slots in each end of said body, said slots terminatingat points in the length of said body spaced from the center of said bodywhereby to form opposed shoulders, a tubular element received on saidbody, means on opposite ends of said tubular element on said bodywhereby it holds said halves together, said last named means comprisinga diametrically extending web on one end of said tubular elementreceived in the slots at one end of said body and engaging the shouldersat the ends thereof, and prongs on the other end of said tubular elementbent into the slots on the other end of said body and engaging theshoulders formed at the end of said otherslots. V

- ROBERT 'r. PLATE.

